The Computer Guys & Gal

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Listen Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. in Science, Tech Tuesday, Technology, The Computer Guys

It's the first Tech Tuesday of the month -- and your turn to get your questions answered. The Computer Guys are back to update us on the latest in the world of technology.

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Guests

John Gilroy

WAMU Resident Computer Guy; and Director of Business Development at SolutionsDevelopers

Allison Druin

WAMU Computer Gal; and Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland

Bill Harlow

WAMU Computer Guy; and Hardware & Software Technician for MACs & PCs at Mid-Atlantic Consulting, Inc.

Tech articles

Facebook
Facebook's Privacy Flap: What Really Went Down, and What's Next

Microsoft
Confirmed: Microsoft Opening Retail Stores

Kindle
Cost-Justifying the Kindle 2

Amazon sorta capitulates, will let publishers decide text-to-speech availability

iPhone not selling well in Japan, now available for free

Tech items

TiVo on your PC
TiVo for Windows

TV Tuner Cards
ATI
Pinnacle Systems
Hauppage

Bill's Mac/PC drive fix
Install MacFUSE and NTFS 3G for Mac so it can write to an NTFS drive. Or format the drive as HFS+ and purchase MacDrive for your PC, so you can read the Mac HFS+ formatted drive.

Cheap memory
If you need additional memory, John recommends Crucial.com

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